Questions 1. How large and important a role do small and medium- sized enterprises play in generating export sales? 2. H

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Questions 1. How large and important a role do small and medium- sized enterprises play in generating export sales? 2. How has trade in merchandise and services changed over the past two decades? What have been the major trends? How might this information be of value to a manager? 3. "The greater part of international trade consists of an exchange of raw materials from developing nations for manufactured goods from developed nations." True or false? Explain. 4. "The volume of exports has increased, but the rank- ing of U.S. trading partners in order of importance remains the same year after year." True or false? Of what use is this information to a manager? 5. What is the value of analyzing foreign trade data? For example, what should the quadrupling of exports in less than 17 years indicate to managers? 6. Knowing that a nation is a major trading partner of another signifies what to a marketing analyst? 7. What are the different components of foreign invest- ment? Why has the distinction between them begun to blur in recent years? 8. How has the level and direction of FDI changed over the past decade, both overall and in terms of annus outflows and inflows? Why would this information be of relevance to managers? 9. Why has FDI historically followed foreign trade? What is it about the new international business eny. ronment that is causing this path to market expan- sion to change? 10. Why has most foreign direct investment gone into acquiring existing companies rather than establish ing new ones? 11. What are the main reasons that a firm might enter into foreign markets? 12. What are in bond plants? Why might they be an attractive alternative for a manufacturing company? 13. How can a firm protect its domestic market by invest ing overseas? a 14. What are the seven dimensions along which man- agement can globalize? How is it possible for a firm to be multidomestic on one dimension of globaliza- tion and global on another?